Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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Object Details

Recorded by

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973

Little Richard, American, 1932 - 2020

Distributed by

Marble Arch Records, British, 1964 - 1994

Manufactured by

Pye Records, British, 1953 - 2013

Description

A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled “Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe” recorded by Little Richard and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The vinyl record (2014.98.17a) has a yellow label with black lettering. The front of the album sleeve (2014.98.17b) has the title of the album in orange lettering at top [Little Richard & Sister Rosetta Tharpe]. Below the title is a large color photographic image of Little Richard wearing a silver and blue sequined outfit, standing and playing hthe piano. A guitar player is partially visible in the background. The back of the sleeve is white with black text. The title is printed in large letters at the top, followed by the track listing [Little Richard - "Certainly Lord" / Little Richard - "Does Jesus Care" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "Shine For Jesus" / Little Richard - "Just a Closer Walk" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "God Leads Us Along" / Little Richard - "I've Just Come From the Fountain" / Little Richard - "Tell God My Troubles" / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "I Do - Don't You?" / Little Richard - "Precious Lord" / Little Richard - "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley"]. Below the track listing is a biography of Little Richard on the left and a black-and-white photograph of Richard performing with a band.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald

Date

1970

Object number

2014.98.17ab

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Type

record covers

long-playing records

Medium

vinyl, ink on paper

Dimensions

Diameter (record): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)

H x W (album jacket): 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (31.5 × 31.5 cm)

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Classification

Record Albums

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Gospel (Music)

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Mass media

Rhythm and blues (Music)

Rock and roll (Music)

Singers (Musicians)

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd503bfe412-267a-43ee-94d3-4cbba9f5e0e0

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.98.17ab